On Mon Feb-07-1994 15:05, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 16 May 12 06:30, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> It used to be the other way around years ago.  Condensors are much   
    RN>> easier to replace than evaporators.  I could do it today, but I have   
    RN>> to replace the commode's fill valve.  (-:   
      
    RW>> That should leave you with 23 more hours to get it done by the end   
    RW>> of the day. 8^)   
      
    RN> With the shape my knees are in, that was my thinking, too.  However,   
    RN> with a little ingenuity and a lot of luck, I was able to do the job   
    RN> in 15 minutes.   
      
    RW> Including mop the floor after? That's faster than I can do it on a   
    RW> pair of knees that work just fine.   
      
   Unnecessary.  I placed a large beach towl around the feed hole and what I   
   couldn't catch in a large cup, the towel absorbed it.  This was after I got as   
   much water out of the tank as I could.  The rest was apple pie.   
      
    RW> California stopped the sale of R12 in the state years ago...those   
    RW> in the know around San Diego merely went down to Tijuana and bought   
    RW> it. R134 is going to go the same route in the near future and it   
    RW> will be made available too. The newer, replacement coolant will not   
    RW> be backwards compatible either.   
      
   And at one time you could buy it OTC here and then as they were about to make   
   the transition, it was no longer an OTC product and only licensed A/C mechs   
   could buy it.  Under a buck a can if I remember right.   
      
    RN>> Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?   
      
    RW>> Mostly too old to bother with an update. New has more bells and   
    RW>> whistles.   
      
    RN> And more things to go wrong, no doubt.   
      
    RW> And more complicated to operate...I had a hard time getting the   
    RW> most recent one working the way it should and they lost the manuals   
    RW> for those older machines.   
      
   Not available online?   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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